Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

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——(Thank you, unknown owner of the crystal ball...)

——(If it weren’t for you, I would have so many big troubles that I wouldn’t know how to solve.)

Tetodaf jokingly saluted the purple crystal ball and then injected magic power into it.

Just like when he used the crystal ball before, this time the crystal ball lit up as usual, and then a real-time image of "a certain location" appeared in the center of the crystal ball.

This location is inside the collapsed cave where the remains of the Magpie-Winged Man Magai are located.

Generally speaking, ordinary crystal balls are unable to achieve such continuous real-time image display, but this purple crystal ball is different, because there is a magic circuit buried in its base, which is directly connected to the magic ore inside the collapsed cave.

In this way, the designer of the crystal ball can easily observe and monitor the situation inside the collapsed cave, and the corresponding cost is that the user must come to this specific location inside the cave to use the crystal ball.

Having said that, I'm sure you, reading this, have already begun to guess the secret hidden in this crystal ball. The same was true for Tetodaf. After he first activated the crystal ball, he realized that the collapsed cave he was observing must be hiding some unspeakable secret.

When Tetodav realized this, he immediately searched the area around the dead end, but he found nothing except a weathered and shattered skeleton.

The skeleton had no equipment or clothes that could indicate its identity, which made it impossible for Tetodav to obtain more information. Just when he thought that there would be no further progress in this matter, he saw something intriguing in the surveillance footage of the crystal ball.

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It was called a "thing", but in fact it was a monster. Tetodaff had served in the secret intelligence organization Teruya Ryujaku for so many years, and had never encountered such a strange monster.

The monster had a human-shaped upper body and a pitcher plant-like lower body. It was fixed to the ground like a plant, motionless, with only the vines growing from its lower body slowly wriggling.

However, Tetodav soon discovered that he had made a wrong judgment. The monster was not unable to move, but was simply not moving.

As he stared at the monster, he clearly saw that the half-human, half-plant monster used vines and roots as legs and feet, "stood" up from the ground and crawled to the edge, swallowing a lizard that had accidentally entered a collapsed cave into its mouth.

Looking at the terrifying appearance of the monster, the experienced Tetodaf was not only not panicked, but was quite happy, because he seemed to have figured out the secret of the Night Crying Mountains.

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When the monster moved and ate, Tetodav saw the monster's "appearance" clearly. On its head, which was the upper body of a human, there was a woman's head with disheveled hair.

If this "woman's head" can make sounds, or to put it more bluntly, can "cry", then could the crying sounds that wander around the Night Crying Mountains every night be made by this monster?

According to Tetodav's understanding of various monsters, monsters like this one that are not very agile usually have various ways to attract prey to come to them, and the "crying of human women" is a good bait.

Moreover, sitting in the cave and waiting for prey to come to the door is also in line with the characteristics of the plant "Pitcher Plant".

After initially considering this aspect, Tetodav returned to the purple crystal ball. He wondered what the relationship was between the person who designed and created it and this monster? Why would he or she go to such great lengths to observe this strange monster?

Furthermore, if the weathered skeleton Tetodav found was the designer and maker of the purple crystal ball, then how long had this monster been alive? Could it be decades?

Tetodav couldn't tell the other party's age from its half-human, half-plant appearance, because the way monsters grow and age cannot be generalized to humans.

All he could conclude was that whether it was the purple crystal ball, the magic circuit or the collapsed cave, these should have been designed and built in advance. After everything was completed, he would find a way to lure the monster in.

Otherwise, in order to risk being attacked by this half-human, half-plant monster in order to dig and configure magic circuits and magic ores, the executor must have considerable skills... no, extraordinary combat ability is required. Because, although Tetodaf only saw the monster through the crystal ball, he could also feel the monster's extremely terrifying strength.

It is no exaggeration to say that even with Tetodaf's current sixth-level combat ability, he has no chance of winning against this monster.

In this extremely unfavorable cave environment for him, not only was his flying ability completely useless, but the attack capability of the vines of the half-human, half-plant monster was also greatly enhanced.

——(Okay, let me see if “my” “Sleeping Beauty” has woken up…)

9.244 - Dark Shadows Attack

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October 187, 9

12:08 AM

[Death Future Remaining: 5 Days]

[Confession death countdown remaining: 25 days]

"Curse of the Ancestral Wolf: 71 Days Remaining"

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Before I knew it, it was already noon.

However, this has little to do with the dove-winged man Tetodaf who is staying in a deep cave. No matter how bright the outside world is, the cave is always deep and dark.

Decades of experience in working for a secret intelligence organization made Tetodaff always carry a glowing magic stone with him, which allowed him to move freely in the cave. He also believed that among those trackers who showed high professionalism, there must be some who carried a glowing magic stone, which would prevent them from being deterred from entering the cave.

At this moment, Tetodav activated the crystal ball left by his predecessors and found the familiar figure in the picture of the crystal ball.

Long, disheveled purple hair that branched like coral, a painful and hideous face of a human woman, and half the body of a pitcher plant taller than an adult... This is the half-human, half-plant monster that has been "living" in the collapsed cave for decades, and is also called "Sleeping Beauty" by Tetodaf.

The reason why Tetodav nicknamed this monster Sleeping Beauty was that when he came here before, he happened to encounter the monster sleeping a few times, which almost ruined his plan.

In a hurry at that time, Tetodaf caught a living creature and threw it into the collapsed cave through the narrow entrance. Fortunately, he woke up the "Sleeping Beauty" monster.

Afterwards, the awakened monster slaughtered all the poor creatures who accidentally entered the cave, just as Tetodav expected.

This is how Tetodaf uses the caves in the Night Crying Mountains.

He only needs to lure the enemy he wants to kill into the cave, then hide in the "viewing platform" that ordinary people can't find in advance, and then just wait and watch the show unfold.

This was how Tetodav dealt with the Magpie-Winged Man Magai before, and this was also how he dealt with those trackers of unknown origin today.

——(Come and die, you idiots...)

——(The "gentle and considerate" Sleeping Beauty will let you die "painlessly.")

——(As for your true identities, I will wait until Sleeping Beauty creates your puppets, and then I will slowly figure it out.)

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In the remote dead end of the cave, Tetodav waited patiently.

There are dozens of intricate roads in this cave, and almost every one of them passes through a collapsed cave. Only the hidden passage he came to in a dead end is absolutely safe.

If the young Tetodaf had not been chased by the rock bear monster and run around in panic, he would not have had the chance to discover such a hidden passage.

Later, in order to prevent others from being as lucky as him in discovering this hidden passage, Tetodaff specially added a mechanism to the hidden passage so that only Tetodaff himself could enter it.

Therefore, Tetodav is now almost absolutely sure that he can wait until the pursuers fall into the trap, unless those pursuers are too cowardly to explore a seemingly ordinary cave in broad daylight.

——(Come in obediently, idiots. No one has ever died in the Night Crying Mountains. You're not that scared, are you?)

Tetodaf thought so while staring at the purple crystal ball, fearing that the followers would die too quickly and he would miss the wonderful scene.

However, it seems that Tetodav's calculations were a little too hasty.

He waited for fifteen minutes but still didn't see the scene he wanted to see. Could it be that he accidentally ran too fast and shook off all the pursuers?

Or were the shoddy traps he'd set up so realistically that they backfired and lured the pursuers somewhere else?

[Note: For details about this "crappy trap," see chapter 9.242 - Mountain Trap.]

Tetodav was a little depressed. He was now in a cave. If he wanted to go out to investigate the situation, he would most likely run into the pursuers. If he didn't go out, he would not be able to obtain any information if he stayed in this dead end.

After weighing the pros and cons, Tetodav thought he had no choice but to continue waiting, no matter how hard he tried.

He waited and waited, for who knows how long, and then he finally heard the long-awaited footsteps!

——(Haha! Those idiots are finally here!)

Tetodav widened his eyes in excitement, thinking that he had finally waited for the result he wanted. However, what surprised him was that the picture in the crystal ball remained unchanged. Then... where did the footsteps come from?

It was not until this moment that Tetodav suddenly realized that he had been stupid!

A crystal ball can only show images, but cannot transmit sounds!

The sound he heard did not come from the crystal ball, but from the passage where he was!

——(Damn it! How is this possible?!)

Tetodav turned around in shock and immediately entered combat mode. However, it was too late for him to react at this time - or rather, even if he had reacted immediately, it would have been too late because the attacker's speed was far beyond his imagination.

In a flash, a black shadow appeared behind Tetodaf. Even though Tetodaf had a 270-degree vision, he still couldn't keep up with the other party's speed.

The next second, just as Tetodaf instinctively activated the life-saving skill "Holy Sound Feather", the black shadow also launched an attack!

——(Help me carry this! Holy Sound and Feather!)

In the blink of an eye, white feathers emitting a sacred glow scattered all over Tetodaf's body like flowers scattered by a fairy. As long as these sacred feathers made of magic power were there, Tetodaf would not be hit by the enemy's attacks.

But to Tetodav's surprise, the enemy had no intention of attacking him at all. The enemy's target of attack was the ground where Tetodav was standing!

The black shadow held a giant beast horn sword in both hands, jumped high and then slammed towards Tetodav's feet. Then, the ground under Tetodav's feet cracked and collapsed quickly!

Seeing this, Tetodaf hurriedly spread his wings, not wanting to be caught in the collapse, but the black shadow seemed to have predicted that Tetodaf would respond in this way, and pulled out a blue flame sword from somewhere, swung it and slashed two blue flame sword auras, ruthlessly blocking Tetodaf's space to fly upwards!

Seeing that the blue flame attack was about to continue to attack him, Tetodaf was forced to give up flying and had to fall down along with the gravel ground under his feet.

At this time, Tetodav, who didn't know what he was about to face, thought that he just had to wait for the opportunity to fly again.

9.245 - Something unexpected

It was not until he temporarily gave up resistance and began to fall that Tetodav could see the appearance of the enemy who attacked him.

What caught his eye at this moment was a guy covered in a black cloak. He had a mask on his face and his appearance could not be seen clearly, but judging from his figure, Tetodav believed that the attacker should be a man.

——(An extremely powerful giant sword...)

——(A strange blue-flaming sword...)

—(It seems that yesterday's attack on the post office branch was intentionally framed on "Cicada"...)

The experienced Tetodaf immediately understood the situation and expanded his thinking. He had previously felt it was strange that the Cat People, with their strength, were incapable of causing trouble for Zhaoye Liuque. Now he understood: either the Cat People had backers, or they were being used as pawns or framed.

However, Tetodav is not in a hurry to figure out the truth of the whole incident. For him at this moment, how to survive from the attacker is obviously more important.

As the ground beneath his feet collapsed, Tetodaf continued to fall.

For humans who do not have the ability to fly, this long-term feeling of weightlessness can easily cause panic, but for the Dove-Winged Man Tetodaf, this feeling is as comfortable and natural as breathing.

From time to time, he lowered his head to check how far he was from the ground below, and at the same time, he looked up to see if the attacker was chasing him. But just as he expected, the attacker was just standing above and watching, with no intention of pursuing him relentlessly.

——(Has an ambush been set up down there?)

——(Or have you concluded that my only escape route is upwards?)

Tetodav was thinking actively. Thinking was his strong point. No matter how desperate the situation was, he would not give up thinking.

As for why the enemy could appear in this secret passage that should not have been discovered, Tetodaf was not indifferent, but forced himself not to think about it for the time being.

Because no matter what the reason was for the enemy to enter this secret passage, this is already an established fact.

Knowing the reason would not be of much help to Tetodav in his current battle.

——(We’re almost at the bottom, let’s prepare for the attack first…!)

Tetodav took a deep breath and told himself, "It's okay," "It will work out," and then he really let go of his nervousness and adjusted himself to the best fighting state.

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Just before falling to the ground, Tetodav leaped up with all his might, then spread his wings and flapped them a few times to cushion the impact of the collision with the ground.

Due to the billowing smoke and dust from the impact site, Tetodav temporarily stayed in the air without landing, not wanting to rashly enter this area with almost zero visibility.

However, just because Tetodav himself couldn't see it didn't mean that "something" in the smoke couldn't see it either.

While Tetodav was still suspended in the air, several ghostly vines had silently lurked in the smoke and dust below him, ready to strike.

——(Something doesn't feel right... Let's fly higher.)

Tetodaf keenly sensed the wrong aura and immediately began to climb higher, but his action instead stimulated "something" hidden in the smoke, causing it to give up hiding and causing several vines to burst out and rush towards Tetodaf!

--(This is……?!)

Without time to think, Tetodaff immediately began to flap his wings faster as a conditioned reflex. However, the vines that were rushing towards him were even faster. They wrapped around his feet before Tetodaff could speed up, and then climbed up Tetodaff's body, tying up his wings as well!

Tetodav's flying ability was greatly affected and he immediately began to lose speed and fall. The terrifying power coming from the vines made him feel extremely uneasy!

However, Tetodav remained calm. He quickly pulled out a dagger from the belt buckle at his waist and cut off the two vines that had the greatest impact.

After cutting the vines, Tetodaf regained his ability to fly. At the critical moment, he flapped his wings and landed safely without being injured.

In addition, the wind created by Tetodav just happened to blow away the smoke and dust on the ground of the cave, allowing him to see clearly what was waiting for him here.

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"No…this can't be possible…why are you here?!"

As soon as he saw the source of the vines, Tetodav's face turned pale.